Cigarette-machine.



, No. 740,498. f l PATENTED OCT.' a, l's; 1-1.13'. WHITE... CIGARETTEMACHINE. APPIIJGATION FILED JAN'. 9, M399.v MOD-HL'.` v 3 SHEETS-SHEET1./

1 lli l PATENTED 00T. 6, 1903.

' E.. E. WEIEE. CIGARETTE MACHINE. I APPLICATION FILED. JAN. A9, 1899.

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ing mechanism for the purpose of smoothing.

Patented October 6, 1903.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN BOND WHITE, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERI- CANTOBACCO COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

C lGARETTE-'MACHIN E.

SPECIFICATlON forming' part of Letters Patent No. 740,498, dated October6, 1903.Y Application filed January 9, 1825i. Serial Nn. 701,591. (Nomodell;`

To tf/ZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known than, EDWIN Bost wenn, a.

citizen of the United States, residing at Rich-1 mond, county ofHenrico, and State of Vir y gioia, have invented-certain new and"useful:

Improvements in Cigarette iMachines, fully described and represented inthe followingspecification and the accompanying drawings, forming a partof the same.

v This invention relates to delivery mechanism for cigarette-machines,and particularly rettes after the latter have left what is known ascigarette-rerolling mechanism, a mech-` anism for operating uponall-tobacco cigarettes afterthey have left the cigarette-formont theirwrappers and removing wrinkles,

creases, and other irregularities therefrom.`

For this reason the improvements of the present invention are hereinillustrated and will,

be'hereinafter particularly described in con- Junction with such arerolling mechanism.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of aportion'ofa cigaretteforming mechanism and a cigarette-retellingmechanism provided with the improvementsv Fig. 2'

constituting the present invention. n is a detail in plan view of thererolling mechanism and the mechanism embodying; the present invention.Fig. 3 is an end view' of the same looking toward the right of Fig.

11. Fig, 4 is aside elevation of the-same looking toward the left ofFig. 3. Fig. 5 is aseotion, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line '5of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a similar View illustrat- 'is rolled,`and 4 theapron for rolling the cigarette. These parts are of familiar form andrequire no further description here, except'to state that in theposition inl which the lparts are shown in Fig. 1 the apron 3 is shownas ready to receive a wrapper and tobacco to form a cigarette, while inFig. 5 the cigarette is shown as formed with the apron in position todeliver it from the machine. From this cigarette-forming mechanism thecigarettes are delivered singlyvonto a pair of supporting-arms 5, whencethey are delivered by'a pair of vibrating fingers 6 into the control ofa cylinder 7 and curved support S, constituting the cigarette-rerollingmechanism, the

purpose of which, as before stated, is to reroll the cigarette andremove from the wrapper thereof all creases, wrinkles, and otherirregularities. The fingers 6 are actuated and the cylinderfintermittently rotated from the driving shaft 2 through connections-Which will now he brieiiy described. For this purpose the lingers 6 areconnected to a rock-shaft 9, jonrnaled in the frame 10 of the rerollingmechanism and provided with a downwardly-extending spring-pressed arm11, connected by a pin-and-slot connection 'with one end of a link 12,the opposite end 'bar16, slidingina guide 17, journaled onv the shaft14. The rack-bar 16 is connected bya pin and slot with one endo a lever18, fulcrumed in the frame 1 of the cigarette-formlng mechanismandprovided with a bowl 19,

engaged by a cam 20 on the driving-shaft 2,

the cam 2O during part of its rotation moving the lever 18 and rack-bar16 downwardly against the tension of a spring 2l, connected to thelatter and to the frame 10, said spring after each downward` movement ofsaid lever and rack-bar returning them to their normal or upperposition. As the parts are shown in Fig. 1 the rerolling-cylinder is atrest. As the driving-shaft rotates in the direction of the arrow, Fig.1, the cam 20, engaging the bowl 19 of the lever- 18, will depress thelatter and the rack-bar 16 and through the gear 15 rotate the shaft 14,and thus through the crank-arm 13, link 12, and arm 1l move the TOObearing the segmental gear 15.

fingers G from the position in which they are shown in Fig. 5 to theposition in which they are shown in-Fig. 6, a cigarette during suchmovement of the fingers 6 being delivered to the rerolling mechanism. Asthe bowl 19 of the lever 18 leaves the high part of the cam 2O thespring 21 will draw the rack-bar 16 and lever 18 upwardly, the rack-bar16 during such upward movement rotating the shaft 14 in the oppositedirection. This movement of the shaft 14 will restore the crank-arm 13,link l2, and arm 1l from the position in which they are shown in Fig. 6to the position in which they are shown in Fig. 5, thus returning thelingers 6 to position to receive another cigarette from thecigarette-forming mechanism.

As a cigarette is delivered from the forming mechanism it falls to theposition shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5 in rear of a catcher 22,pivoted in the arms 5, and as the fingers 6 move the cigarette along thearms the cigarette swings the catcher 22 downwardly into the positionshown in Fig. 6, the fingers 6 on their return movement engaging therear end of the catcher and restoring it to normal position, as shown inFig. 5.

The connections for intermittently rotating the rerolling-cylinder 7will now be described. These connections consist of a disk or cam 23,fast to one end of the shaft 24 of the rerolling-cylinder and providedwith a notch 25, engaged by a spring-pressed pawl 26, piv-` 28,journaled on the shaft 24, and which sleeve is provided with a pinion29, connected by an intermediate 30 with a segmental gear 3l upon theend of the shaft 14 opposite that From these connections it results thatas the rack-bar 16 is moved downwardly by the cam 20, as just described,for the purpose of moving the iingers 6 toward the rerolling mechanismto deliver a cigarette thereto the segmental gear 3l will through theintermediate 30 rotate the pinion 29 from left to right, Fig. 4, thusmoving the pawl 26 away from the notch 25 in Athe disk 23, there beingtherefore no movement imparted to the rerolling-cylinder 7. Thesegmental gear 3l, intermediate 30, and pinion 29 are, as will beobserved, so proportioned relatively one to the other that duringthisdownward movement of the rackbar 16 the pinion 29 will make acomplete revolution, thus again bringing the pivoted pawl 26 intoengagement with the notch 25 of the disk 23. As the bowl 19 of the lever18 leaves the high part of the cam 2O and the rack-bar 16 is then drawnupwardly by the spring 21 the shaft 14 will be rotated by the rack-barin the opposite direction and the pinion 29 through the segmental gear31 and intermediate 30 rotated from left to right, Fig. 4, and the pawl2G thus through the disk 23 rotates the rerolling-cylinder 7 in a likedirection or as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1. This rotation of thecylinder 7 will continue during the upward movement of the rack-bar 16,the cylinder during such movement' of the rack-bar making a completerevolution.

To insu re the delivery ofthe cigarette from between the curved supportor guide 8 and cylinder 7, the latter is provided with a longitudinalblade 32, which takes in behind the cigarette (see Figs. 5 and 6) andejects it from the support 8. For the purpose of positively arrestingthe cylinder 7 after it has made a complete revolution it is providedwith a notched disk or cam 33 upon the end of the shaft 24 opposite thatprovided with the notched disk or cam 23, the notch in the disk 33 beingengaged by the short hooked arm of a lever 34, pivoted in the frame 10and which is Aheld normally in position for engaging the notch in disk33 by the weight of its longer arm, this lever being moved out oflocking position by a bowl 35, carried by the rackbar 16 during thedownward movement of the latter and maintained out of such lockingposition during the iirst part of the upward movement thereof and untilrotation of cylinder 7 and shaft 24 has been begun and the disk 33 movedthereby out of position for engagement by the lever 34. As the shaft 24completes a revolution the disk 33 is engaged by the lever 34 androtation of said shaft and cylinder 7 thus positively arrested. vToprevent rebound of the cylinder 7 when thus arrested and also toovercome any tendency it may have for any other reason to moverearwardly, a spring-brake 36 is provided, Figs. 2 3, bearing againstthe face of the cylinder. From the foregoing it will be observed thatduring the downward movement of the rackbar 16 the fingers 6 are movedfrom their cigarette-receiving position toward the rerolling-cylinder 7to deliver a cigarette thereto, that during such downward movement ofthe rack-bar 16 the rerolling-cylinder 7 remains at rest, and that uponthe upward movement of the rack-bar 16 under the stress of the spring 21the fingers 6 are returned to receiving position and thererolling-cylinder 1'0- tated in the direction ofthe arrow, Fig. 1, toreroll the cigarette delivered to it by said iingers 6. From thisrerolling mechanism the cigarettes are delivered singly into the controlof cutting devices for trimming the ends of the cigarettes. For thispurpose the ma- IOO IIO

chine is provided with a trough 37, into which 10, which rock-shaft isprovided with an arm 4l, connected through a link 42 with a crank- Y arm43 upon the shaft 14, which, as before stated, is rotated iirst in onedirection and then in the other by the sliding rack-bar 16.

The connections betweenV the shaft 14V andv cutters 38 are such that themovement of the vibrating cutters toward the stationary cut'- ters39-that is, from the position in which they are shown in Fig. 5 to theposition in which they are shown in Fig. 6--takes place during theupward movement of the rackbar 16, -this movement of the vibratingcutters 38 being simultaneous with the movement of the lingers 6 fromtheir receiving position toward the rerolling mechanism. The

return movement of the vibrating cutters 38 likewise takes. placesimultaneously with the return toreceiving position of the lingers 6.

In order to insure Vthe delivery of the trimmed cigarette from betweenthe supports or shanks of the stationary cutters 39, where it is left bythe vibrating cutters, it is necessary to provide means for positivelyengaging the side of the cigarette and moving it from between suchShanks or supports. Cigarettes, and particularly all-tobacco ciga-lrettes, immediately after beingoperated upon by the forming mechanism ofa rerolling mechanism are very delicate and require very carefulhandling or manipulation in order to y avoid breakage ordistortion orother injury to the cigarette, and the mechanism provided for positivelyengaging and moving the cigarettes from between the shanks'or supportsof the stationary cutters 39 must be of such character as to engage andmove the cigarette in such way as to avoid all liability of such injury.Mechanism of this character'is pro- -vided by the present invention,which mechwhich is fulcrumed in the frame of the cigav rette-formingmechanism and which is providedwith a bowl'53, engaged by a cam 54v onthe driving-shaft 2 of the machine. The

. lever 52 is moved positively up and down by the cam 54, and during itsupward movement it moves the sliding rod 48 upwardly, thus throwing the`fingers 44 to their rearward position, as illustrated in Figs. l and 6and in full lines in Fig. 5, and on its downward movement moves theingers 44 in the oppo; site direction to the position in Which-they Aareshown by dotted lines in Fig. 5, the iingers 44 in moving to this latterposition engaging the cigarette and moving it from between the shanks orsupports of the stationary cutters 39. The cigarette thus moved by thefingers 44 is dropped onto a stationary inclined table 55, whence it isdelivered into ani,7 convenient receptacle.

The cam 54 is so formed and so timed relatively to the movement of thevibrating cutters 38 that during the movement of said cutters fromcigarette-receiving position toward the stationary cutters 39 thevibrating fingers 44 are retained by the cam 54 in their rearwardposition. l(Illustrated in Fig. l.) As soon as, or shortly after, themovement of the vibrating cutters 38 toward the stationary cutters 39 iscompleted the cam 54 will rock the lever 52 and the sliding rod48'downwardly, thus 'moving the fingers 44 against'the cigarette lyingbetween the supports or shanksof the stationary cutters 39. into theposition shown by dotted lines in Fig. ,5. The fingers 44 move twiceinto ejecting position d nring the rotation of the cam 54, which is soformed, as shown in Fig. l, as to depress the lever 52, then raise thesame, and then again depress it, so that the vibrating lingers 44 arethrown forward twice during each operation of the machine. Theengagement of the cigarette by the tin gers 44 takes place just beforeor just as the vibrating cutters 38 start on their return movement awayfrom the stationaryeutters 39, so as to prevent the Withdrawal of thecigarette by the cutters 38 from between the cuttersV 39. This is afeature of importance, as it prevents injury to or breakage of thecigarettes, which would result from their withdrawal by the cutters 38.yThe extent of movement of the fingers 44 also is such as to insure theejection positively of the cigarettes singly from between the stationarycutters 39, land 4this also is a feature of importance, as unless thecigarettes be thus ejected they are liable'to stick-and accumulatebetween the cutters 39, in which case in order to remove them it isnecessary for the attendant to do so by hand,'with the liability ofinjury from the vibrating cutters 38.

To insure the proper delivery of the cigarettes to the' trough 37 andvibrating cutters 38, a pair of guides v56 is provided on opposite sidesof the trough, which engage the ends of the cigarette and move themendwse to center them. I

What is claimed isl. Thev combination with a cigarette-form ingmechanism of a pair of vibrating cutters receiving the cigarettetherefrom, a second pair of vcutters coacting therewith and betweenwhich the cigaretteis delivered thereby, and an ejecting mechanismcomprising a pivot-ed and downwardly-acting member passing between thecutters of each pair for ejecting the cigarettes from between the secondpair of cutters; substantially as described.

2., The combination with a cigarette-form.-

ing mechanism of a pair of vibrating cutters IOO by, and an ejectingmechanism comprising a Vibrating pivoted and downwardlyacting memberpassing between the cutters of each pair for ejecting the cigarettesfrom between the second pair of cutters; substantially as described. p

3. The combination with a cigarette-forming mechanism of a pair ofvibrating cutters receiving the cigarette therefrom, a second pair ofcutters coacting therewith and between which 'the cigarette is deliveredthereby, and an ejecting mechanism comprising pivoted pins or the likepassing between the cutters of each pair for ejecting the cigarettesfrom between the second pair of cutters; substantially as described.

4. In a cigarette-machine, the combination with a rerolling mechanism ofa pair of vibrating cutters receiving the cigarette therefrom, a secondpair of cutters coacting therewith and between which the cigarette isdelivered thereby, and an ejecting mechanism comprising a pivoted anddownwardly-acting member passing between lthe cutters of each pair forejecting the cigarettes from between the second pair of cutters;substantially as described.

5. In a cigarette-machine, the combination with a rerolling mechanism ofa pair of vibrating cutters receiving the cigarette therefrom, a secondpair of cutters coacting therewith and between which the cigarette isdelivered thereby, and an ejecting mechanism comprising a vibratingpivoted and downwardly-acting member passing between the cutters of eachpair for ejecting the cigarettes from between the second pair ofcutters; substantially as described.

6. In a cigarette-machine, the combination with a rerolling mechanism ofa pair of vibrating cutters receiving the cigarette therefrom, a secondpair of cutters coacting therewith and between which the cigarette isdelivered thereby, and an ejecting mechanism comprising vibrating pinsor the like passing between the cutters of each pair for ejecting thecigarettes from between. the second pair of cutters; substantiallyasdescribed.

7. The combination with a cigarette-forining mechanism, of a pair ofvibrating cutters receiving the cigarette therefrom, asecond pair ofcutters coacting therewith and between which the cigarette is deliveredthereby and an ejecting mechanism comprising a member passing betweenthe cutters of each pair for ejecting the cigarettes from between thesecond pair of cutters, said member in ejecting the cigarettes moving inthe same direction as the vibrating cutters'on their .movement towardthe second pair of cutters,

.member in ejecting the cigarettes moving in the same direction as thevibrating cutters on their movement toward the second pair of cuttersand engaging the cigarettes before the return movement of said vibratingcutters, substantially as described.

9. The combination with a cigarette-forming mechanism, of a pair ofvibrating cutters receiving the cigarette therefrom, a second pair ofcutters coacting therewith and between which the cigarette is deliveredthereby and an ejecting mechanism comprising a pivoted and downwardlyacting vibrating member passing between the cutters of each pair forejecting the cigarettes from between the second pair of cutters, saidmember in ejecting the cigarettes moving in the same direction as thevibrating cutters on their movement toward the second pairo cutters,substantially as described.

10. In a cigarette-machine the combination of stationary cutters 39,vibrating cutters 38, downwardly-extending pins 44 passing between thecutters of each pair, and connections With the driving-shaft forvibrating said pins, substantially as described.

l1. In a cigarette-machine the combination of stationary cutters 39,vibrating cutters 38, sliding rod 48, pins 44 passing between thecutters of each pair, connections between the rod and pins for vibratingthe latter, and connections with the driving-shaft for actuating saidrod, substantially as described.

12. In a cigarette-machine the combination of stationary cutters 39,vibrating cutters 38, rock-shaft 45 pins 44 passing between the cuttersof each pair, and connections with the driving-shaft for actuating saidrock-shaft, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

EDWIN BOND WHITE. IVitnesses:

WM. WooDwARD CLOUD, W. HOWARD HAMILTON.

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